Orthopaedic surgery chair gains fellowship

Dr. Ranjan Gupta, professor and chair of the Department
of Orthopaedic Surgery at UC Irvine, was selected by the American Orthopaedic
Association for the 2013 American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellowship.

The
ABC Fellowship - which is the oldest one provided by the American Orthopaedic
Association - is a prestigious, highly competitive and sought-after honor
awarded to leaders in the field of orthopedic surgery. ABC Fellows are chosen
every two years and travel to various academic institutions in the United
Kingdom and South Africa. They present their research and act as international
ambassadors for the AOA as they learn from their overseas colleagues about
healthcare and research in their host countries.

In 1948, Dr. Robert I. Harris of Toronto, Canada,
developed the ABC Traveling Fellowship during his year as president of the AOA.
Thirteen orthopedic surgeons from Great Britain visited centers in North
America in a time of post-World War II difficulties. From there, the ABC grew,
as 15 orthopedic surgeons from the U.S. and Canada visited Great Britain in
1949. In 1983, South Africa joined the ABC tour, and Australia and New Zealand
were added in 1985.

Gupta is the first UC Irvine faculty member to be chosen
an ABC Traveling Fellow. He has received numerous awards, including the NIH
Career Development Award from the NINDS (2000), the Marshall Urist Award from
the Association of Bone & Joint Surgeons (2005), the Kappa Delta Award from
the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery/Orthopaedic Research Society (2006)
and the Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship by the American Society for
Surgery of the Hand (2008).